GRINNELL ACCIDENT: One Air Lifted After Accident

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Three people were injured in an accident that slowed traffic on I-80 near Grinnell Friday night.

Three vehicles were traveling westbound on I-80 and had stopped due to a traffic back-up at the 181 mile marker. A semi traveling westbound failed to stop and collided with the three vehicles.

Twenty three-year-old Arthur M. Fiester of Cedar Rapids was transported by air to Mercy in Des Moines He is in critical condition. Sixty two-year-old Linda Olson of Eldridge and Connie Mae Johnson were transported by ambulance to Grinnell Regional. The extent of their injuries is unknown.